ganmodoki

{{short description|Tofu fritter made with vegetables}}

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| alternate_name = がんもどき

| country = Japan

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| type = Fritter

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| main_ingredient = Tofu

| minor_ingredient = Carrots, lotus roots and burdock

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| serving_size = 100 g

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{{nihongo|Ganmodoki|がんもどき, 雁擬き|}} is a fried tofu fritter made with vegetables, such as carrots, lotus roots and burdock. It may also contain egg. Ganmodoki means pseudo-goose ({{nihongo|gan|がん, 雁}} + {{nihongo|pseudo|もどき}}). This is because ganmodoki is said to taste like goose; compare mock turtle soup. Ganmodoki is also called ganmo for short.{{Cite web

|url =http://www.tofu-as.jp/english/tofu/history/04.html

|archive-url =https://archive.today/20130413141239/http://www.tofu-as.jp/english/tofu/history/04.html

|url-status =dead

|archive-date =2013-04-13

|title =Tofu history

|accessdate =2013-03-14

|author =Japan Tofu Association

}}

In the Edo period, ganmodoki was a stir-fried konjac dish. A dish similar to the ganmodoki today was made by wrapping chopped up vegetables in tofu (much like a manjū) and deep frying it.

In Western Japan, Ganmodoki is called hiryōzu, hiryuzu or hirōsu, from the Portuguese word filhós or Spanish fillos.{{Cite book|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-35790-3|last=Ishige|first=Naomichi|title=The history and culture of Japanese food|location=London; New York|accessdate=2019-11-24|date=2011|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203357903|page=94}}